Since /usr/local is where ports live, it's reasonable to assume
that a grep binary found in there will have been installed via
ports and will thus be GNU grep.

Suggested-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
---
 build-aux/meson.build | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build-aux/meson.build b/build-aux/meson.build
index 1095982397..e491bdeebc 100644
--- a/build-aux/meson.build
+++ b/build-aux/meson.build
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'freebsd'
     if not grep_prog.found()
       error('GNU grep not found')
     endif
-    grep_cmd = run_command(grep_prog, '--version')
-    if grep_cmd.stdout().startswith('grep (BSD grep')
-      error('GNU grep not found')
-    endif
   endif
 elif host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
   grep_prog = find_program('ggrep')
-- 
2.26.3